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Which Mailing List Manager Do You Recommmend?

Posted by Cliff on from the making-spam-easier dept.

bobdinkel writes "While I know it isn't the most glamorous thing, mailing lists are a fact of life. And they gotta be managed by someone. In my organization, that someone is me. For whatever reason (they won't exactly say) the powers that be do not want to use majordomo and sendmail. So I pose this question to you, dear reader: What is the best MLM - MTA combo in the Unix world?" One only needs to shake a stick to see the amount of software available that handles mailing lists. Which ones have suited your needs?

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  1. Re:Where is the obligitory refrence to qmail???? by tzanger · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Some smartass somewhere has to mention that qmail and it's impossible-to-manage ezmlm program is a superior solution.

    I don't seem to be having any trouble at all adminning small (150 user, 3GB/mo) and mid-size (800-user, ~25GB/mo) qmail installations. This is with Vpopmail too; the mid-size email system is for one domain; there are 36 others on that system too but they're all fairly small. Ezmlm isn't simple, no, but it's no pain in the ass to manage, either. I use QmailAdmin to do most of the dirty work. I set up the new domain, give the owner the postmaster password and point them to the qmailadmin setup. Piece of cake.

    And while we're at it, djbdns rocks the house!

    qmail is a very good MTA; I wouldn't trade it for anything else. That doesn't mean I think that djb is a god; I can't stand his daemontools, nor do I like djbdns. Go figure.

  2. Check out Listar by CaptCosmic · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I have heard a number of good things about Listar.

    From their website: Take a look at Listar's feature list, and see the advantages it has over other similar Listserver packages. (anti-spam hooks, ability to strip down MIME messages and remove their attachments, virtual hosts, just to name a few).

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  3. Mailman Weaknesses by KyleCordes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Mailman has a number of weaknesses / missing features which make unsuitable for some uses. Here are a few.

    * No direct support for announce-only lists.

    * It insists on having users use a password to unsubscribe / etc. I've found that most people don't want another password, and they don't need one with other mailing list systems.

    * It has no ability to email out a "click here to unsubcribe" link, but rather a link to the above mentioned password system.

    Of course it's probably idea for some uses, and I don't mean to disparage it in general, just to say that it's no the ultimate mailing list manager.